“Green Pea” Pictures: New Galaxy Class Discovered
By Rachel • Jul 28th, 2009 • Category: Science
by Rachel Kaufman
Published in National Geographic News
2009-07-28
Do you want your peas fresh, frozen, canned, or spurting out stars at ten times the rate of the Milky Way?
Volunteers sifting through an online image bank called Galaxy Zoo have helped astronomers discover a new, rare class of galaxy dubbed the Green Pea.
The spotters—calling themselves the Peas Corps and the Peas Brigade—noticed that out of a million cosmic objects, 250 share a few odd traits: They’re all tiny, round, and green.
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